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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: We are a legislative assembly as well as a debating chamber and we have a fundamental obligation to pass legislation. I do not mind surrendering some time from Taoiseach's questions later on, if that is what the Deputies want to do, but we do not have a whole lot of time.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: Mar a dúirt an file, "Cad a dhéanfaimid feasta gan adhmad? Tá deireadh na gcoillte ar lár".

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: Caithfidh mise a rá anois, níl deireadh na gcoillte ar lár.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: Is é atá i gceist againne ná iad a chur ar ais, lá i ndiaidh lae, seachtain i ndiaidh seachtaine, agus bliain i ndiaidh bliana. Is é an rud is tábhachtaí is féidir linn a dhéanamh ná na coillte a thabhairt ar ais agus iad a leathnú ar fud na tíre. Is é sin atá faoi chaibidil againn ag obair leis an gComhaontas Glas,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: We are doing everything we possibly can to bring the trees back, to bring our forests back and to grow them in abundance. Deputy Mattie McGrath is correct in one thing; I appeal that there would be no objections to afforestation licences.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: We should get on with it, in particular the planting of native trees. We should grow them. The new riparian scheme that has been introduced by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, and the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, will facilitate small plantings on farms with income streams for farmers, which will enable us to clean the waterways. It is a very...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: We will work with the local authorities in respect of growing trees and also building houses as well, which is critical.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: Caithfidh muid tithe a thógáil. The most important thing we can do for the housing supply is to build more houses, get the schemes approved and remove the logjams in terms of obstacles and objections.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: We must just get on with it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. The issues concerning housing in Tipperary are ones that are reflected across the entire country. The only response to it is a sustainable comprehensive one, which is what the Government has provided in the form of Housing for All. Housing for All provides a comprehensive set of measures and targets with financial backing to increase housing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: I am minded to be disposed to the abolition of service charges. In any event, there should be full and absolute transparency governing them. Many people are under the impression that when they pay a service charge, it goes to workers and that is not the case in many instances. We need absolute transparency. Ideally, the consumer should hand tips directly to the employee, or to a group of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: First, I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. I pay tribute to two workers concerned. To go to an unfair dismissal tribunal is not an easy journey. It can be a very challenging one for young workers. I pay tribute to them for seeing that through. On the specifics of the case, the Deputy is saying that the tips were essentially being retained or kept or were being used part of wages,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: That 0.3% of the total Irish fund assets of €3.8 trillion is evenly split between equities and bonds.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: I will finish for completeness and transparency. The Irish collective asset management vehicle, ICAV, unit trusts, common contractual funds and investment limited partnerships are subject to beneficial ownership registration requirements to enhance transparency and help combat money laundering activities. I can give the Deputy further details on this.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: We will do everything we can to ensure compliance with the sanctions. We have no interest - none, zero - in enabling any Russian oligarch or to be more specific anyone who is part the sanctions' list, either to evade or avoid being fully accountable to that sanctions regime. We have no interest as a country in protecting anybody in that regard. I have to be crystal clear about that. We...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: I agree with the sentiments expressed by the Deputy on the appalling attack and war being raged against the Ukrainian people by Vladimir Putin and the Russian leadership. I have no doubt that the vast majority of Russian people do not support this war. In terms of the diplomatic issue, first, anything we do should be in consort with our European partners. European strength and unity of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: We have witnessed the severest form of sanction of the Russian banking system, particularly in the Central Bank of Russia being denied access and being frozen out of accessing its reserves, which is unprecedented. Furthermore, financial transactions with many Russian banks and companies have been prohibited. That means it is very difficult for Russia to sell exports and to buy imports on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this very grave issue. No one in this House or anywhere else should be under any illusions about the seriousness of the situation Europe and the world faces right now, this afternoon. Vladimir Putin, who is a bully and a thug, has unleashed an unprovoked and unjustifiable war on the people of Ukraine, committing war crimes in the process, as we are witnessing....

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Equality Issues (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: My Department actively supports diversity and inclusion in its workplace including gender balance. As at 1 March 2022, the gender balance of staff in my Department (excluding politically appointed staff) is 64% female and 36% male. Of the 9 members on my Department’s Management Committee, 4 are female and 5 are male. The gender balance at Assistant Secretary level in my Department is...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Communications (1 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has no responsibility in the area of planning applications or decisions, and hasn’t brought any policy instructions or documents to the attention of An Bord Pleanálá.